News Archive

March 30, 2026 — The finalists for the third annual Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at University of California San Diego represent a new generation of innovators transforming research breakthroughs into lasting advances that address complex societal challenges.

February 18, 2026 — UC San Diego is stepping in to pair urgent defense priorities with the people and ideas best suited to solve them. A new initiative launched this year — the FORGE — is designed to position the university and the San Diego region at the forefront of a national shift in how innovation happens.

December 5, 2025 — Horizon Accelerator announced the formation of its inaugural Advisory Board to address what researchers call the "commercialization valley of death", the critical $250,000 to $2 million early-stage funding gap where science-driven ventures most often fail.

December 5, 2025 — The University of California San Diego's Accelerating Innovation to Market (AIM) program today announced its 2026 cohort of seven faculty-led ventures, marking a strategic evolution in the program's tenth year of translating breakthrough research into real-world impact.

July 1, 2025 — Discover the recent student innovations and awards presented at this year’s Demo Day and Pitch Competition, hosted by The Basement under the Office of Innovation and Commercialization at the Design and Innovation Building on May 22, 2025.

January 16, 2025 — Now in its 8th year, UC San Diego’s Accelerating Innovation to Market (AIM) program kicks off what promises to be yet another successful year with the announcement of its latest roster of awarded projects for 2025. This dynamic initiative, led by the Office of Innovation and Commercialization, focuses on expediting groundbreaking university technologies into market-ready solutions through resources and funding. Unique to this year, however, the total award pool leaped to an impressive $400,000, over 60% larger than in previous years, which then allowed the program to double the number of startups it could fund. The record increase was due in large part to the support of the University of California Office of the President, which graciously matched funding with the Entrepreneurship Council.

June 11, 2024 — Discover the recent student innovations and awards presented at this year’s Demo Day and Pitch Competition, hosted by The Basement under the Office of Innovation and Commercialization at the Design and Innovation Building on May 23, 2024.

May 1, 2024 — The Design and Innovation Building is a modern 74,000-square-foot space that integrates rigorous education and industry collaboration across its four distinct floors, each uniquely designed and positioned to propel thinkers, dreamers and doers upward as they progress through each level.

March 13, 2023 — Designed to guide our startup community through those challenges, the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) program continues to blossom with each new cohort. Now in its seventh year, the Office of Innovation & Commercialization (OIC) is excited to announce its newest cohort with the introduction of Dr.